Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2008

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 1.74 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,290,890 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
1,290,890
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
75,514,204
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.40.1%1,308
15-1933.89.6%139,306
20-2482.423.5%380,178
25-2996.627.5%384,199
30-3479.122.5%240,172
35-3944.912.8%115,330
40-4412.53.6%27,305
45-491.60.5%3,011
50-540.10.0%83